Rita is a juried artist who has won first place in several major art competitions in 2007 and 2008.  Her work is featured in the December, 2007 issue of Illustration Magazine.

In  2010 ,Rita continued to be recognized for her award winning photography in addition to her oil paintings, which have won Best in Show, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and HM. Her recognition as an artist has expanded internationally.

Rita paints in watercolor, acrylic and oil using a variety of techniques including pallet knife, finger painting,  glazes, and dry brush. She studied at several Universities and the Atheneum School of Art as well as privately with individual artists.

“I am a continual student focusing on new design and the techniques of the masters and learning how to free the spirit into a right brain experience.  Color is my passion in painting.  I love my paintings to have texture, rythmn, luxurious composition, and varieties of paint application – from impasto to passages of glazes. I also draw with paint and mix different media into paint to create an atmosphere. My paintings are heartfelt and exclude excessive subject matter.  In addition they are bright, cheerful and sensitive.”